Book review: The Power of Pull

In an era still pretty much dominated by push – managers push tasks onto employees, brands push messages and products onto consumers… – John Hagel, John Seely Brown and Lang Davison invite us to change our perspectives and embrace the power of pull in their recent book “The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, … Continue reading →

The future of work vision by Podio

There’s ample debate today around the need for a change in the way we work and how the future of work will look like. The reasons for this topic to be increasingly talked of usually come to reasons such as: the tools we currently use fail to really help us get work done in a … Continue reading →

Book review: Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky

Every once in a while you come across one of those books that goes beyond the mere collection of anecdotes or examples on “hot” topics. “Here Comes Everybody” by Clay Shirky is one of those books. We now have communications tools that are flexible enough to match our social capabilities, and we are witnessing the … Continue reading →

That’s not my name: the ties of the new social

“…the information we give off about our selves… has dramatically increased our social visibility and made it easier for us to find each other…”, Clay Shirky in “Here Comes Everybody” Last week I was invited to attend an informal after work gathering organized and communicated via Twitter. During most part of the event I stood … Continue reading →

The end of the work as we know it?

In the last few months I had the privilege of attending three very interesting conferences with top notch speakers. Their talks revolved around topics such as social media, social business, ubiquitous computing, network economy, or the future of the role of IT inside organizations. From the different talks I selected the following quotes because they … Continue reading →